The Complete Making of Indiana Jones: The Definitive Story Behind All Four Films by J.W. Rinzler, Laurent Bouzereau Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Complete Making of Indiana Jones: The Definitive Story Behind All Four Films
Book Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
As a long time fan of the Indiana Jones series, this book is a real treasure to own. It goes through the whole film series from concept to reality and has great anecdotes from behind the scenes. Packed full of interesting behind the scenes photos and production notes etc. A must for any fan of Indiana Jones and film making in general.Book Review: Simply an excellent book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've bought a wide range of books over the years. Sometimes I've regretted the purchase. That is certainly not the case with this excellent book on the Indiana Jones films. I would highly recommend it - unlike some movie based books, there is a lot of substance - the fact that both George Lucas and Steven Spielburg have contributed prefaces goes to show how well respected this book is by the very people responsible for the movies. You only have to hold the book in your hands and feel its weight to know that a lot of research went in to creating it.
I thought the book would be good, and was pleasantly surprised to find it even better than expected. If you enjoy the Indiana Jones movies then this would be a good coffee table book for you.
Won't give any information away, but some of the ideas that didn't make it to the big screen are quite surprising. Thankfully Spielburg and Harrison Ford managed to curb Lucas's enthusiasm for sci-fi. I hope that they make one more movie - as long as it doesn't involve any more aliens or CGI based action scenes! Somehow I doubt that it will happen though. So you're pretty safe in buying this book as the 'complete' making of!
Book Review: Such A Great Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
For any fan of the "Indy" film series, this is the ultimate book... While it does contain information we all may have heard or seen in archival footage or interviews on the two recent DVD releases, it also contains an abundant amount of new insight and some really great photographs straight out of the Lucasfilm Archives!
If you hated the new film, you can skip the last chapter, but it is also an insightful read - It also shows, and explains, in great detail how virtually every BAD idea associated with the series can be attributed to Lucas... who miraculously seems to win arguments with Spielberg just by wearing him down over time. While the book is never critical of Lucas, it nevertheless paints a less than flattering picture of him... It's odd that he let certain things come to light.
Anyway. This is the ultimate book for any hardcore "Indy" fan - a must buy.
Book Review: indiana jones, cool
Summary: 4 Stars
The book was a very interesting look, and brilliantly put together, but there could have been more about the the kingdom of the crystal skull. Most of the book heavenly takes you into the world of the first 3 movies.Book Review: Great read if you love Indy, even for those not too keen on Indy 4
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great read and I recommend it to any Indy fan or reader that enjoys a good "making of movie" book.
From the same writer and style written as The making of Star Wars, this book has it all from the 4 movies. The introduction on how George Lucas and Steven Spielberg got the whole thing going was interesting. Learning all the funny little things that happened on set were amusing as well. Amazing pictures, I thought I'd seen all Indy pictures until I saw this book.
Definitely a good read and well, well worth the money.